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Conservancy biologists with a 16ft, 135lb female Burmese python found while radio-tracking a male scout snake in southwest Florida in February 2025. Florida scientists used female Burmese pythons as live lures to find invasive males in the Everglades, but 3 million camera-trap photos produced only four python detections.A study published in the journal Southeastern Naturalist…

Nike cartons were redirected using unauthorised UPS labels (Representational photo- Shutterstock) Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged 12 people in an alleged cargo theft conspiracy that diverted at least $2 million worth of Nike shoes from the company’s logistics centre in Memphis, Tennessee.According to a report by Freight Waves, the indictment said the…

Tony Rinaudo, famously known as ‘The Forest Maker’ (Image Credit: Facebook/ @Australian Embassy, Ethiopia) An Australian agronomist’s simple idea has transformed one of the world’s driest landscapes into a remarkable environmental success story. According to World Vision, Tony Rinaudo, widely known as the “Forest Maker,” helped farmers in Niger regenerate more than 200 million trees,…

At just 16 years old, Canadian student Evan Budz has developed an autonomous AI-powered robot turtle that could help scientists tackle one of the world’s fastest-growing environmental problems: microplastic pollution. Inspired by the graceful swimming of a snapping turtle he encountered during a family camping trip, Budz spent nearly 4,000 hours designing and refining a…

Image Credit: Instagram/ @barlowedalyrealty and @_tonyparker09 Former San Antonio Spurs legend Tony Parker’s spectacular Texas mansion has received another dramatic price cut, nearly five years after first hitting the luxury real estate market. According to a report by MySA, the 53-acre estate near Boerne, Texas, is now listed for $11 million, down from its previous…

One of the largest marine mammal rescue operations ever attempted is underway in Canada as experts begin relocating 30 beluga whales from the now-closed Marineland Canada in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The ambitious mission follows fears that the whales could eventually face euthanasia after funding for their care dwindled following the park’s closure in 2024. The…

North American beavers began colonising parts of Arctic in 2008. (Getty images) Beavers who are normally found in forests and woodlands, are steadily moving farther north into the Canadian Arctic. A new study has found out when they reached different parts of the Arctic by studying scars on shrubs and comparing them with satellite images…

Vietnam’s VinEnergo and Philippine developer SunAsia Energy have agreed to build 422 megawatts peak of solar power spread across three sites in the Philippines, using a design that lifts the panels on steel piles above active fish ponds rather than floating them directly on the water. The approach is intended to let fish farming continue…

Under the watchful eye of scientists, volunteers clean the skeleton of a mastodonsaurus A huge fossilised skeleton weighing 1,300 kilograms (2,865 pounds) that was found in southern Poland is currently being chipped out of solid rock by a group of more than 2,000 public volunteers.According to a report by the Associated Press, this unusual public…

Trump on Wednesday paid tribute to four American service members killed in the Middle East, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday paid tribute to four American service members killed in the Middle East, attending a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware as their remains were returned to the US.Trump saluted as…